[Larrymc]

Any soft pictures were probably not the fault of the camera! Please tell us if you see any more.

Im not quite sure what you are trying to say here Ivan, my friend?? Please elaborate.

[ivanvernon]

Im not quite sure what you are trying to say here Ivan, my friend?? Please elaborate.

I do not believe there is anything about the Pentax K-1 camera that would cause a softer image than the lens in use at the time is capable of making.

[GvilleRick]

The hummingbirds have been very active around the feeders the past couple of weeks. I've had three or four at a time at both feeders and decided to get some shots. Here are some favorites.

Sharing a drink.


Playing.


Posing...


This was my favorite shot as he hovered near the feeder. I used my K3 with a Sigma 18-250 lens and AF540 flash.

[normhead]

Around the feeders....

K-3 and Tamron 300 2.8 with F 1.7x adapter.

[Pentax_WA]

DA 55-300

[Larrymc]

I do not believe there is anything about the Pentax K-1 camera that would cause a softer image than the lens in use at the time is capable of making.

Ivan, my friend, I think the poster was referring to the K-3 when he mentioned soft pictures. You need to go back and read the post again. Here is the text that was written:


"I resisted the lure of the K3 for a long time because of all the soft pictures posted ...
But recently came across a good deal , so bit the bullet . ( Hopefully playing with a K3 soon )"

Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/241198-k3-sample-shots-po...#ixzz4szLdTsze


My point was that for the K-3 to really shine you need good glass.


Larry Mc

[ivanvernon]

Ivan, my friend, I think the poster was referring to the K-3 when he mentioned soft pictures. You need to go back and read the post again. Here is the text that was written:


"I resisted the lure of the K3 for a long time because of all the soft pictures posted ...
But recently came across a good deal , so bit the bullet . ( Hopefully playing with a K3 soon )"

Read more at: K3 sample shots ... post here ! - Page 574 - PentaxForums.com


My point was that for the K-3 to really shine you need good glass.


Larry Mc

Oh, oh. Sorry for my mistake, and I perfectly agree.

[aslyfox]

We pick up the action with his head missing

and as we progress more and more of his body is gone

[ and that the pick off attempt at First Base was unsuccessful but don't worry Cub Fans, the game ended 4 - 3 in Chicago's favor ]

[ the " and now rest of the story " as Paul Harvey used to say: I presented this series after examining the photos and thinking - what a shame, I cut off the head of Zobrist, the 2nd baseman, what do I do now - there is no way to cut him from the photo completely ???? and then I thought how to use the flaw as a story line ]

K 3 + HD Pentax D FA * 70 - 200 mm F2.8 ED AW

[Rondec]

Tree at Dawn (with DFA 24-70)

[normhead]

We pick up the action with his head missing

and as we progress more and more of his body is gone

[ and that the pick off attempt at First Base was unsuccessful but don't worry Cub Fans, the game ended 4 - 3 in Chicago's favor ]

K 3 + HD Pentax D FA * 70 - 200 mm F2.8 ED AW

Aslyyfox, in the first frame you are focussed on the guy behind the action with his head cut off, you don't achieve focus until the players are stationary at the end of the play. You gotta work on your technique.

For a pick-off play, you would probably have been better off using manual focus and aligning your DoF from the bag to the field. In sports anticipating what's coming is a huge part of the job. If not using MF, using AF.c or AF.s it is absolutely essential you make sure the camera locks focus on your subject before you trigger the shutter.

[aslyfox]

Aslyyfox, in the first frame you are focussed on the guy behind the action with his head cut off, you don't achieve focus until the players are stationary at the end of the play. You gotta work on your technique.

For a pick-off play, you would probably have been better off using manual focus and aligning your DoF from the bag to the field. In sports anticipating what's coming is a huge part of the job. If not using MF, using AF.c or AF.s it is absolutely essential you make sure the camera locks focus on your subject before you trigger the shutter.

true enough

I can't dispute any of your comments

I need more experience in trying to photograph from the stands a MLB game the action is so fast but tickets, travel and hotels aren't cheap - I am tagging along while the wife attends a business conference in Chicago, so her air fair, room and board is covered - mine is our expense of course.

and one of my purposes was to try to do the game only using F 2.8, otherwise, I might have chosen an option which would have given me more depth of field to help out with focusing issues.

as I recall, it was a snap change in action I was focused on the pitcher and decided the better shot would be the first base for potential pick off, and I was in the midst of changing where I was prefocused and was swinging and pointing the camera as the action took place.

I do need to practice mf more

how about these?

I was swinging the camera with the base runner as he headed toward first

[ am I fishing for compliments ??? who, Moi ???? ]

[normhead]

true enough

I can't dispute any of your comments

I need more experience in trying to photograph from the stands a MLB game the action is so fast but tickets, travel and hotels aren't cheap - I am tagging along while the wife attends a business conference in Chicago, so her air fair, room and board is covered - mine is our expense of course.

and one of my purposes was to try to do the game only using F 2.8, otherwise, I might have chosen an option which would have given me more depth of field to help out with focusing issues.

as I recall, it was a snap change in action I was focused on the pitcher and decided the better shot would be the first base for potential pick off, and I was in the midst of changing where I was prefocused and was swinging and pointing the camera as the action took place.

I do need to practice mf more

how about these?

I was swinging the camera with the base runner as he headed toward first

[ am I fishing for compliments ??? who, Moi ???? ]

Much better, but you were helped out by the fact that all the action is contained in a plane parallel to the sensor plane.

[aslyfox]

Much better, but you were helped out by the fact that all the action is contained in a plane parallel to the sensor plane.

I'll take all the help I can get

won't you ?

- yeah, you got the shot but it was just because you were lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time

darn right I was, some times by preplanning some times by just plain old dumb luck -

[Rondec]

Green Truck

[aslyfox]

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos - American White Pelican, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

apparently a resident at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, IL ( home to the Chicago Zoological Society )

hadn't just eaten a bird but it did appear it wanted to eat the feather.

Others were following it trying to get the feather away from it as it went from sunlight to shade

it eventually just dropped it and went on